RT Journal
A1 Quinn J
T1 Catheter-related bloodstream infections: The challenge to do better
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2009
FD August 10
VO 169
IS 15
SP 1353
OP 1354
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.216
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.216
AB 
The Institutes of Medicine has outlined the enormity and staggering costs associated with medical errors and iatrogenic complications, with estimates in the billions of dollars.1 Many industries have long used simulators to improve proficiency, especially where errors are catastrophic.2 Simulators are emerging as fundamental tools in medical education, not only in their use to develop expertise in rare procedures or events like cricothyrotomy and pediatric resuscitation, but also to potentially reduce complications and errors in common procedures such as central catheter placement.3- 5